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Getting codes

How do you pull codes off of the engine computer?  My neon had the keycycle thing and flashing engine light, not sure how to pull the codes off my tbird.
1987 Thunderbird 3.8. Sold :(

1982 Thunderbird - Goodbye 255, Hello 302!

Re: Getting codes

Reply #1
Like this:
Death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

1988 5.0 Bird, mostly stock, partly not, now gone to T-Bird heaven.
1990 Volvo 740GL. 114 tire-shredding horsies, baby!

Re: Getting codes

Reply #2
Correct me if im wrong, but Neon from Chrystler are OBDII.... Not EEC-IV

Youll need a reader.... those arent buttstuffog like our EEC-IV


Youll need this..... (250$CAN)


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not sure how to pull the codes off my tbird.

 :slap:
Death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

1988 5.0 Bird, mostly stock, partly not, now gone to T-Bird heaven.
1990 Volvo 740GL. 114 tire-shredding horsies, baby!

Re: Getting codes

Reply #4
Just take it to autozone.  They'll pull the codes off for free

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My neon had the keycycle thing and flashing engine light


What about this part?  :dunno:
Sorry if i misunderstood....

Voyez-vous, l'anglais n'est pas ma langue maternelle.....  :nono:

Re: Getting codes

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I was just wondering if the tbird code retrieval method was similar to my neon where you keycycle on/off 5 times and the check engine light blinks to indicate codes.  Now I see it's different, thanks for the info!
1987 Thunderbird 3.8. Sold :(

1982 Thunderbird - Goodbye 255, Hello 302!

 

Re: Getting codes

Reply #7
It just takes a little time to get used to the spacing between pulses.  Have a pen & paper handy so you can write while you watch.  I found it easier to write a 1 every time it pulsed, & leave a space when it did,  then translate to numbers after it was done.  In other words:

11111111    1  11  1  11    translates to    8, 1, 2, 1, 2

It gets easy pretty quick.